Automatic pizza dough press device with interchangeable molds

An automatic pizza dough press device for forming uncooked pizza pie from fresh dough, said device comprises:

• a. a main housing frame;
• b. a base tray slideably mounted within said frame such that said tray slides out of said frame for accessibility;
• c. an upper encasement mounted on said frame;
• d. a motor;
• e. a pump coupled to said motor for creating hydraulic pressure, said pump creating a preset, maximum pressure;
• f. a hydraulic cylinder mounted to said encasement;
• g. a piston housed within said cylinder and hydraulically connected to said pump, said piston being capable of upward and downward movement, said piston being biased in an upward direction such that said position returns to an upward position when at rest, said piston being in a downward position when compressing dough;
• h. a hydraulic control valve hydraulically connected to said pump for controlling said upward and downward movement of said piston;
• i. a top press mold connected to said piston, said top press mold having a pizza dough-forming underside plate and containing a heating unit, said heating temperature of about 100.degree. F. to about 150.degree. F., said heating unit containing a temperature sensor for switching said heating unit on and off to maintain said underside plate at a predetermined temperature;
• j. controls for controlling the upward and downward movement of said piston, said controls comprising at least two separate, disparate controls connected to said motor, said two separate, disparate controls being operated substantially simultaneously to effect control over said motor, said two separate, disparate controls being located sufficiently apart such that a single hand cannot operate both controls simultaneously thereby necessitating two hands to operate both controls simultaneously;
• k. an auto-return feature for returning said piston from said downward position to said upward position after a preset period of time;
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• l. a safety release having a sensor and being electrically connected to said motor for automatically returning said piston to said upward position when said sensor senses that said piston stopped in said downward movement before reaching said downward position.